By Melanie Bauer, Joshua Roney and Stephen M. Fiore.
2. Joshua Roney (biography)
3. Stephen M. Fiore (biography)
How can team members who have been working together for a while check assumptions, ensuring they are aware of each other’s breadth of expertise and research interests?
We have developed the “Linking-Relinking” tool to facilitate such a process. This tool supports science teams through development of a transactive memory system, which is a form of shared cognition having to do with “who knows what” on a team. Studies continually show that teams that develop an accurate transactive memory system are better able to coordinate their knowledge when working on challenging problems. The Linking-Relinking Tool can support transactive memory system development by helping members determine how accurate their knowledge is of their teammates and calibrate appropriately.